Xmas countdown: Day 8

You know what day it is? It's the day when I post one of the best holiday song evah!!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays by 'NSync

I can't even begin to describe how great this song is. You'll just have to watch it and soak yourself in its amazingness.

This song came out while I was in college. So let's take a walk down memory lane through these horrifyingly awkward college pictures:

Of course, a beautiful collage I made of my memories from 1999.

A guy with colorful hair, someone tied up, perennial Christmas lights, hanging
out with really smelly boys. It's the complete college package, really.

I just never realized we were all this awkward
(except for Erica W., who's just always beautiful)

The silliness

Me & my BFF, Tomoko. This picture perfectly captures a lot
of our college years.

Seriously, if you didn't know me back in college, these pictures wouldn't really mean anything to you. But they were special memories for me. There was a time where I would look back at college memories and scoff at how awfully under-productive and silly I was. I never finished a book. I rarely ever studied (actually studied, not just sitting in the SUB and hope that friends would come by to visit). What a waste of time and money. 

But my college years really shaped who I am today. If I hadn't chosen to invest in relationships instead of academics, I think I would have missed the point. I am thankful for my experience in college. All of it.

Some of my favorite memories of being at college were around Christmas time. And, of course, they were all great memories made by stuff we did when we were supposed to be studying. During "Reading Period" (the few days before finals), we would get together and play absolutely silly games like "I've Never..." and "Four on a Couch" and "Mafia." Completely stupid, right? But those days were so life-giving! I will never be that carefree again. I am so glad I did all those things.

Anyway, enjoy the song. It's a good one. :)